Oh dems fighting words! Lol

Actually really looking forward to diving into Bookworm. Right after I finish Dating Sim.

This is amazingly well done. Love seeing all the nominations too. More things to add to my reading list.

The Villainess is an SS+ Rank Adventurer.

Easily one of the best LN series I’ve read on Kindle Unlimited with plenty of genuine laugh out loud moments. I love going back through my highlights to see all the funny shenanigans.

The premise is the kingdom is in trouble so the 3rd princess sets off to solve everything because otherwise she won’t be able to continue her lazy royal lifestyle.

Honestly any attempt I make to describe the jokes just won’t do it justice. The dialog is extremely witty, the protagonist is OP but doesn’t realize it, everyone else in the kingdom is useless, the deutagonist is silly… it just meshes together so well.

I will say that the first book of the series is the weakest one but after that, omg is it wonderful.

Oh geez. Definitely NOT the episode I was expecting. Rather than coming to a resolution, everything becomes far more convoluted.

Seems Liz was completely unaware of her Charm ability. Due to Liz’s mixed emotions in trying to be the ideal Saint, the Charm effect went haywire. It definitely makes it seem like Liz was a tragic figure. But what was with the ancient book changing once Liz possessed it?

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Liz was so quick to dismiss her feelings for Duke despite the fact she was so distraught it made her golden rose wilt.

And right when Alicia is ready to express how she feels for the Prince…

For once, the Prince isn’t acting creepy… and yet it’s still creepy that he doesn’t remember Alicia.

I suspect the book changed when Liz received it to reveal more Saintly secrets and Liz is now using that power to win Duke by making him forget about Alicia but that’s really all conjecture on my part. I really wasn’t expecting this turn of events.

Called it. Noel totally recruited Leon.

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He also pulled all the strings from the specific monster they were going to fight to forcing the Winged Knights to disband. I also figured he was going to change their name, since Blue Beyond was the party he basically sold into slavery. Wild Tempest wasn’t something I expected though. Sounds like something you’d see in Slime Isekai.

As a fan of the show, I’m always surprised by how bunny girl never gets cold.

Loner Life Isekai

I just binged this. It was better than I expected but that’s only because I wasn’t expecting much. I think I agree that it doesn’t really deserve a Season 2. Not because it was bad but because by the end of Season 1 it’s no longer Loner Life. Like the whole premise is that he has trash skills and is a loner. By the end he’s OP and not a loner. And they’ve exhausted a lot of the unique story elements such as the wall of skills and the cheat skills so moving forward it would just be generic isekai.

This week I only made it through two books: Trapped in a Dating Sim Volumes 10 & 11. I’m currently smack dab in the middle of Volume 12 and Volume 13 comes out this week. It feels like we’re approaching the end of the series.

Previously I had said how I thought there had been a minor retcon for the third story arc in book 9. I was incorrect. I went back to Book 1 and saw that there was a brief mention that I had forgotten. Honestly that revelation was kinda cool, seeing something near forgettable from Book 1 become relevant in Books 9+.

When reading the earlier volumes, I had mentioned how lackluster the character development has been in the series. I’m happy to say that it’s gotten better in volumes 10 and 11. In fact, one of the side characters was the prominent focus for Volume 11. It was actually fun for the narrative to move off the MC. However it’s still not great, especially for Mr. MC. I feel like he still makes the same mistakes. He’s too quick to dismiss things in the world as “game logic” or “because those game devs made it that way” even though every time there has always been some underlying reason or hidden meaning. Time and time again things were never as they seemed but he still dismisses deeper theories because he’s just in a “game world.” Even if it is just a “game world,” it should be clear by now that it’s well thought out with everything behaving a certain way for a reason.

The series also suffers from the typical trope of “I can’t tell anyone I’m a reincarnation!” That of course leads to all sorts of misunderstandings and is, IMHO, lazy writing. Initially the logic was, “they’ll never believe me,” and “they’ll think I’m lying to get out of telling them the truth,” and that might have been true at first but 12 books in and he STILL can’t tell his closest companions? His companions have proven themselves capable numerous times and he still continues to keep them uninformed and try to do everything himself. It’s frustrating to see the same mistakes play out repeatedly.

Anyway, in Volume 12 we’re finally getting into the overarching world plot that’s been hinted as since volume 1. It feels like a lot of things are coming together for a final payoff. I would be surprised if Volume 13 isn’t the final book.

Trapped in a Dating Sim 13 just in time! I’m in the middle of 12 as we speak.

Oh yeah. It starts out very dark and then it’s all sunshine and laughter afterwards. Makes you wonder why they dropped to that tone in the first place.

Now that the 86 is powered up with a Turbo we’re given another weakness: the gearbox. Paddle shifters are just superior, which allows Sawatari to best Kanata’s time, but only barely. He’s none-too-happy about that.

Seeing all these smaller, less powerful, more agile cars doing well in MFG, Yanagida switches from the M6 to an M4.

The Supra also qualifies for the main race. In predictable fashion, Beckenbaur then ones again breaks the course record and takes pole.

Then the drama happens. Rei buys Kanata a traffic safety charm but then gets jealous when she sees the charm Nozomi got him. They get in a fight and she runs off but collapses onto the train tracks from exhaustion. Kanata dives in to save her but injures his left elbow in the process.

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Shifting was already going to be a weakness with the 86 but now it’s going to be even worse!

Eurobeat Track: The Snake - Freedom Ride (Eurobeat Version)

Damn, what a cool episode. Sure, most of it was just Rei being a shy adorable girl in Psyger-0’s body, but that sudden reveal at the end… I didn’t expect a rematch with Lycagon so soon! Knowing Pencilgon, she did this knowing full well that Animalia would hunt down Lycagon’s whereabouts for them.

I enjoyed season 1 even if some parts were cliche

Same. it was fun

Not too much happens this episode except some explanation of the McGuffins they’re searching for. I think the most interesting thing is that Hizuki’s Heterochromia seems to have some kind of effect on her. Like with voices and pain.

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And then, in true Demon Lord 2099 fashion, we get blindsided by a silly joke at the end.

Oh! That makes sense so…

Green obviously has to be the forest elf.

Pink will be the Kingdom’s princess.

Yellow will be a beastman catgirl.

And Blue… a fairy!

Also yay

What… what was in the 4th chapter?

I mean, the PV teases that there’s a “steam removed” version of the PV coming soon so… probably ecchi

lol. But look! He clearly turns into Voltron!

Green, Yellow, Blue, Pink and Red combine